Catholicism

Synods are important events in the life of the Church, but nearly four weeks of discussing any…

COMMENTARY CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPTS The fifteenth ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops, convened by Pope…

COMMENTARY THE FIRE, THE NOURISHMENT, AND THE LOVE There has been an eerie—or, if you prefer providential—synchronicity…

THE DRAFT FINAL REPORT: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS            As discussion of Synod-2018’s Draft Final…

Roman synods are complex and expensive affairs. They draw bishops from around the globe. Pressed by some…

WARSAW. The temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party and its program is a…

COMMENTARY THE DRAFT FINAL REPORT: SOME FIRST OBSERVATIONS No one should envy the actual wordsmiths who had…

COMMENTARY A SYNOD ON CHASTITY? After more than two and a half weeks of speech-making and conversation,…

COMMENTARY PABLUM ISN’T GOSPEL        Cardinal Luis Antonio (“Chito”) Tagle, the archbishop of Manila, is…

COMMENTARY AT THE NAME OF JESUS In the mid-1970s a good number of Jesuit colleges, universities, and…

COMMENTARY WANTED: SERIOUS THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL CHALLENGE  RESPONSES TO THE SYNOD’S SECOND ROUND OF DISCUSSION-GROUP REPORTS On…

Pole that he was, Karol Wojtyła had a well developed sense of historical irony. So from his…

COMMENTARY NAMES GAMES Synods are unique bodies, but the Synod fathers can learn things from the experience…

COMMENTARY THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING EARLY AND OFTEN (AS THEY SAY IN CHICAGO) Although some ambiguities remain…

COMMENTARY “I HAVE IT TO DO” Dean Gooderham Acheson, whom some consider the greatest Secretary of State…